WILLIAM WALTON (1902-1983)

Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario

43:57

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

Sir John Gielgud narrator

Ian Watson harpsichord and organ

1

I

Prelude

3:12

2

II

Coronation

05:09

i. Fanfare and Homage Music -

ii. Fanfare and Processional -

iii. 'Sound Drums and Trumpets' -

iv. Recessional

5:13

3

III

Monologue: 'Now is the winter of our discontent'

4:15

4

IV

The Wooing

4:26

5

V

The Prince of Wales

5:04

6

VI

Elegy

3:17

7

VII

The Princes in the Tower

2:30

8

VIII

Nightmare

6:19

9

IX

Bosworth Field

5:20

10

X

Death of Richard and Finale

4:19

11

Fanfare and March from 'Macbeth'

5:55

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

Major Barbara: A Shavian Sequence

10:37

for Orchestra

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

12

1

Titles -

2:13

13

2

Undershaft's factory and his 'garden suburb' -

3:17

14

3

Love-scene -

3:47

15

4

End Titles and Play-out

1:18

Sir Neville Marriner

8-11 November 1989